Appian Corporation announced the general availability of Appian Enterprise, a J2EE compliant enterprise Web solution suite to integrate portal, document and content management, workflow, personalization, and identity management technologies. The Appian Enterprise solution suite is based on new versions of Appian’s portal, collaboration, and workflow technologies. The suite also introduces an advanced security and identity management engine that powers the delivery of ubiquitous, interactive personalization across the enterprise web. The Appian Enterprise suite includes an Enterprise Portal, Enterprise Content Management, Collaborative Document Management, Enterprise Workflow, Identity Management and Personalization, Enterprise Web Analytics, and Knowledge Management. The Appian Enterprise solution suite is available immediately. www.appiancorp.com
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Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced the acquisition of the AltaVista enterprise search business, including more than two hundred customers, from Overture Services, Inc. for an undisclosed cash amount. Overture obtained the enterprise search business as part of the acquisition of the business of AltaVista, which was announced on April 28, 2003. FAST’s acquisition of AltaVista’s enterprise search business will allow FAST to provide AltaVista’s customers uninterrupted support and maintenance on their current platform and an opportunity to migrate to FAST Data Search, FAST’s suite of enterprise search and real-time filter solutions. This acquisition will not affect FAST’s product direction, as there are no plans to integrate the AltaVista enterprise search technology with FAST Data Search. As FAST continues the support and maintenance of current AltaVista enterprise search customers, it will encourage them to migrate to the FAST Data Search platform. www.fastsearch.com
IXIASOFT introduced the content management solutions of two European-based OEM partners, Ailink and Eurocortex to the North American marketplace. These solutions were specifically developed for the cross-media publishing industry. Both content management solutions are based on TEXTML Server, IXIASOFT’s native XML repository and information retrieval server. InfoPolis simplifies the editorial approval process and manages publishing workflows. InfoPolis is also tightly integrated with InDesign and InCopy. In conjunction to Ailink’s editorial solution, IXIASOFT is introducing Eurocortex, developer of Intelligent Content Manager (ICM), an on-line archiving system for content aggregation and delivery. Ailink is for the production environment, and Eurocortex provides tools for archiving and re-purposing of content. TEXTML Server serves is at the heart of the ICM solution. Because their solutions are complementary, Ailink and Eurocortex also recently announced a partnership, aimed at newspapers and magazines. www.ixiasoft.com
Open Text Corporation said it is launching a corporate governance platform for Livelink, giving companies a single system to manage critical information and collaboration in the face of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations. Open Text’s solution provides an integrated enterprise platform designed to help companies with key requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, including: Process control documentation and monitoring – the need to identify, test and certify internal controls (Section 404); Accelerated deadlines for 10K and 10Q disclosure filings, combined with more rigorous requirements for supporting documentation; Training and certification to ensure that board members, executives and employees are fully aware of the latest policies and procedures. Whistle-blower provisions, which require audit committees to have an independent and anonymous process for receiving and managing complaints; and Consistent records retention and disposition practices for both released documents and working papers. Open Text’s Livelink solution for corporate governance is available immediately. www.opentext.com/livelink
Arbortext announced that it has signed a Marketing Agreement with SAP AG to integrate Arbortext software with SAP Knowledge Warehouse. This agreement will extend the XML capabilities of SAP Knowledge Warehouse through Arbortext software. SAP customers will be able to use Arbortext’s Epic Editor with SAP Knowledge Warehouse, version 6.0. The agreement between Arbortext and SAP will provide SAP customers the option of modifying XML content directly and the flexibility to publish the content in a variety of formats. Knowledge Warehouse version 6.0 is currently shipping and will include a free trial of Arbortext’s Epic Editor software. SAP customers can upgrade to a perpetual license within the Epic Editor trial period with no gaps in availability or functionality.
www.arbortext.com
Autonomy Corporation plc launched Aungate, a division of Autonomy offering an automated solution for enterprise compliance and litigation support. Founded on Autonomy’s Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), Aungate provides a platform that integrates with enterprise communications technologies to provide real-time analysis of telephone calls, emails and instant messages. Aungate’s technology has been tailored to specifically help facilitate compliance and governance discovery and analysis processes which are being now legislated by procedures such the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the Basel II Accord. Aungate technology will also help to address the challenges faced within the 80% of financial institutions that do not yet meet existing SEC compliance regulations. Aungate provides an integrated solution to automate the analysis of these unstructured information sources in real time, enabling executives to spot trends in communications and easily pinpoint potential information misuse. www.autonomy.com
Cognos continued its support for the IBM DB2 product family by announcing support for IBM’s new DB2 Information Integrator software. The federated data access capabilities of DB2 Information Integrator extend Cognos’ reach to include non-relational data sources such as any remote SOAP Web Service, Flat Files, and XML files. By accessing message queues, Cognos NoticeCast can monitor real-time data within organizations that have EAI systems. Designed for customers needing critical elements of business activity monitoring (BAM) and guided analysis, Cognos NoticeCast users can define personalized business alerts that can be delivered to any e- mail-enabled device. www.cognos.com
Atomz announced that it has added new features and functionality to Atomz Publish, including an enhanced, browser-based WYSIWYG Rich Text Editor, increased number of Internet security standards and protocols it supports, and upgraded integration with desktop applications. Atomz Publish now works with Adobe GoLive and Macromedia Dreamweaver, as well as Web folders on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The Rich Text Editor interface now contains a “button bar,” enabling content authors to edit and align text and images in much the same way they would with any desktop application. Atomz Publish now provides more than a dozen secure publishing options for transferring files from its content management system to production and staging Web servers. These include FTP, SSH1 or SSH2 File Transfer Protocols, DES, ARCFour, Blowfish and more. For companies seeking an even higher-level of protection, the company also offers the Atomz VPN Solution. Web teams can tackle collaborative projects using Atomz Publish and its WebDAV support to deliver integration between the desktop and the CMS. www.atomz.com
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